At the mouth of Detroit River. July 30. 1793. the following written message was received from the Indian Council sitting at the Rapids of the Miami: being presented by their Deputies.
“To the Commissioners of the United States, “Brothers, The Deputies we sent to you, did not fully explain our meaning : we have therefore sent others to meet you once more, that you may fully understand the great question we have to ask of you, and to which we expect an explicit answer in writing.
“Brothers, you are sent here by the United States in order to make peace with us the Confederate Indians. “Brothers, you know very well the Boundary Line which was run between the white people and us, at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix, was the River Ohio. “Brothers, If you seriously design to make a firm and lasting peace, you will immediately remove all your people from our side of that River. “Brothers, We therefore ask you, Are you fully authorized by the United States, to continue and firmly fix on the Ohio River as the Boundary Line between your people and ours? “Done in General Council, at